Wikipedia:Meetup/Becoming a Wikibrarian

Becoming a Wikibrarian: An Introduction to Wikipedia Editing for Librarians and Archivists


Texas Library Association Annual Conference

Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am

Location: A133/134 Level 1 of Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

Presenters: Michael Barera, Texas A&M University-Commerce; and Samantha Dodd, University of Texas at Arlington

About: As the fifth most popular site in overall global web traffic, Wikipedia is often the starting point for research. Its mission is to provide free access to knowledge. So how can librarians and archivists leverage the power of Wikipedia and turn this tool into an interactive learning opportunity? Join us for a hands-on venture into Wikipedia. Learn about the five pillars and how content is contributed by Wikipedians. Then create an account, experiment within the friendly confines of your sandbox, and start editing actual articles. Bring your own device. Tickets must be purchased by Friday, March 16 through preregistration.

Conference Program

Editing Guides and Tutorials

 * Editing Wikipedia: A guide to improving content on the online encyclopedia
 * Evaluating Wikipedia
 * Illustrating Wikipedia
 * Wiki markup cheatsheet
 * Editing Wikipedia articles on Women’s studies
 * Student Training Modules

Policies

 * Five pillars
 * Core content policies
 * General notability guideline
 * Verifiability
 * Conflict of interest
 * Identifying reliable sources
 * No original research (Examples of Original Research)
 * Citing sources
 * Identifying and using primary sources

Your first article

 * Help:Getting started
 * Your first article
 * Help:Referencing for beginners

Tips

 * Creating Redirects with Visual Editor
 * Creating Redirector with Source Editor
 * Using categories
 * Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
 * Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

Video Tutorials

 * The Wikipedia Adventure Game: Learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour! Come on a journey full of real skills, tips, helpers, rewards, and support.
 * Creating a New User Account
 * Sandbox Tutorial

Wikimedia and other related projects

 * Wikidata
 * Wikimedia Statistics
 * Wiki Education Foundation
 * Wikimedia Commons

Useful Links for Librarians

 * The Wikipedia Library: The Wikipedia Library helps editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia. We also help knowledge professionals share their collections with the public.
 * GLAM-Wiki initiative ("galleries, libraries, archives, and museums" with Wikipedia; also including botanic and zoological gardens) helps cultural institutions share their resources with the world through collaborative projects with experienced Wikipedia editors.
 * Teahouse: a friendly place to learn about editing Wikipedia
 * Citation Hunter

Attendee Sign-In
Once you have a Wikipedia account, please add your Wikipedia username to this section. To add your name, click on "Edit Source" next to the Attendees heading. Find the last username in the list and press "return" to go to the next line. Put an * to add a bullet and then add your signature. Signatures/Timestamps are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row. Or add your name to the list by selecting "Signature/Timestamp" from the toolbar.


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 * --Infobat 19:40, 12 April 2018 (UTC)